Shoe.



J. T. TEBBUTT; SHOE. APPLIOATIOI nun 11:13.7, 1906.

906,830. Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

THE nouns PETERS C04, wxsnmcrnu, u. c,

' the Dominion of JOHN THOMAS TEBBUTT, OF THREE RIVERS,

QUEBEC, CANADA.

SHOE

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN THOMAS TEE- BUTT, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Three Rivers, in the county of St. Maurice, in the Province of Quebec, in Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention. relates to improvements in shoes, and the object of the invention is to devise a means for protecting the forward part of the foot of the wearer, during the playing of games, such as hockey on the ice, where serious accidents may sometimes occur to a player through the contact of another players skate with the foot, or the contact of a hockey stick in the hands of another player with the foot, and at the same time add support to that part of the foot, in which the muscles are at a constant tension, and it consists essentially of a metal form protecting the foot of the wearer under the vamp portion of the shoe, said metal form being flanged at the lower edge, and means for securing said flange to the sole of the boot.

The drawing is a sectional view showing the vamp of a shoe and a portion of the out-sole and the metal protector under the leather of said vamp.

Referring to the drawing, 5 is the vamp portion of a shoe extending to and forming the toe of said shoe. 7

c is the outer sole and Z the insole.

i is the metal protector formed to the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 7, 1906.

metal protector flange j of a softer temper than the upper portion, the upper tion of the shoe from the shoe, the flange 1' being turned under an Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Serial No. 299,975.

shape of the vamp portion of the shoe inelusive of the toe part of said vamp, said having the inwardly turned portion being hard to withstand the knocks and blows that the shoe may receive from skates or sticks during any game such as hockey on the ice,

while the flange j is softer in order to facilitate the securing of said metal protector 1n shoe. The metal. protector i the leather of the vamp porthe extreme toe end and between said leather and the lining of place on the extends under sewn together with the outsole as well as the insole and the upper 70.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is:

In a shoe, a metal. vamp formed in the shape of that particular portion of the shoe and extending over the toe at the extremity of the shoe, and having a flange inturned at its lower end of softer temper than the upper portion, and a leather vamp covering said metal. vamp and extending under the aforesaid flange, and an insole, and outsole stitched together, inclusive of said flange of the metal vamp and the leather vamp.

Signed at Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada, this third day of February, 1906.

JOHN THOMAS TEBBUTT.

Witnesses:

VicTon N. BENGLE, FORTUNA GmoUx. 

